Biology
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Medium
Question
The percentage of light absorbed by the leaf is ___________?
A
0.2
B
0.15
C
0.1
D
0.01
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0.2
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B
0.15
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C
0.1
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D
0.01
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Explanation
Leaves are generally reported to absorb the large majority of incident visible light (commonly 80-90%) using their photosynthetic pigments; a much smaller fraction of that absorbed energy is ultimately converted into usable chemical energy through photosynthesis.